They are the people who do the testing of things like Windows and Microsoft Office.
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Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office have an immense base of installed computers.
Analysts and media outlets have blamed Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, while Microsoft claims it has sold over 100 million Windows 8 licenses, and others have defended Microsoft and Windows 8.
And in true Microsoft fashion, we went big: 75 stores in three years and 30 pop-up stores to celebrate the recent launch of Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface!
The two companies aim to help develop and deploy telematics applications on the Windows Azure platform, which includes Windows Azure and Microsoft SQL Azure, starting with TMC's electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in 2012.
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However, with Windows Phone and Windows 8, Microsoft will have a tightly integrated software ecosystem which will be aimed at both consumers and enterprises.
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Additionally, you already have the skill sets in-house as well with your IT staff who are trained on Windows Server and Microsoft System Center.
Oh yeah: I wouldn't be an inquiring reporter if I hadn't asked Schiller for his take on Windows 8 and Microsoft's strategy of building one operating system for both conventional PCs and tablets.
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Experts say there is no patch available for the flaw, which affects computers running Windows XP, ME, 2000 and Windows Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
When the iPlayer first launched the BBC was criticised for producing versions that only worked with Microsoft's Windows XP and which used Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) system to enforce viewing restrictions.
That said, for users running Microsoft Windows and using Outlook as their mail client, Microsoft's MSN desktop search beats its competitors hands down, primarily because of a superior user interface that integrates better with other Windows programs.
As developers placed the first generation of their apps (and data) on Windows, and as the amount of Microsoft OS based data grew, so did the value of the Windows ecosystem and of each successive generation of apps.
We all emphatically believe that Hadoop, much like Linux and Microsoft Windows, will be a necessary and requisite part of the IT world within three years.
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With the same modern look and feel, Windows Phone 8 is built to work seamlessly with Windows PCs and tablets, Microsoft Surface devices and the Xbox 360 console so that files, music, pictures and videos can be accessed in whichever way is most convenient.
The programs sift through old and new documents and e-mail far more efficiently than the search software that comes preinstalled with Microsoft Windows and the Outlook e-mail program.
All Inspiron laptops announced today will offer options with Intel's new 3rd Generation Core i processors (Ivy Bridge), Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, and will be eligible for the Microsoft Windows 8 upgrade program.
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The fact that Microsoft is not calling it Service Pack 1, and the way Microsoft is positioning and deploying Windows 8.1 is significant, though.
With Samsung joining ZTE, HTC, and Nokia, the long-game being played by Microsoft and Windows Phone continues.
Windows Phone 7 could be the next multi-billion dollar business for Microsoft after Windows and Office.
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The subsidies on Google Android based phones and Microsoft Windows phones are lower.
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By trying to defend and extend its Windows and Office history, Microsoft missed the market shift.
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Samsung Galaxy Note runs on Google (GOOG) Android, and Windows is from Microsoft (MSFT).
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Now you have hoards of techno-polyglots who use both Windows and Linux, very angry at Windows (Microsoft).
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America can sell Boeing airplanes, Microsoft Windows and the Disney-made Kung Fu Panda movie series to China.
Actually, Dreamcast will ship with two operating systems, a proprietary one from Sega and Windows CE, Microsoft's "lite" operating system for consumer devices.
"The ASUS U38 delivers a premium feature set to consumers and was co-engineered in close partnership with AMD and Microsoft, and designed for Windows 8, " said S.Y.
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The smartphone industry remains highly competitive as Google Android, Research in Motion BlackBerry and Microsoft Windows Phone 7 are all vying for smart phone market share with their operating systems.
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While building Windows 8 and WP8, Microsoft ensured that they both share the same kernel and therefore inherit the same rich feature set that has made Windows a household name in the PC industry.
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Leap Motion, the company behind the Leap Motion controller, a gesture recognition system for personal computers (starting with Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows), has had a passionate group of developers on board from the start.
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